Atherton High School
Free schools · 561 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.3
Community special school
Hope School
- Pupils on roll
- 233of 200 places
- Free school meals
- 43.4%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 13
- Ofsted
- School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 Next, 10 June 2025Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Of the 8 pupils who finished Year 11 at Hope School in 2023, 0% stayed on in Hope School’s own sixth form (Wigan average 6%), none went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
13% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Wigan and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Hope School | Wigan | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 8 | 3,620 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 88% | 91% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 88% | 82% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 6% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 33% | 13% |
| — further education college | 0% | 41% | 37% |
| — other education | 88% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 4% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 13% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 0% | 2% | 3% |
Where students went after sixth form
Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.
No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.
GCSE results 2025
No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.
Other secondary schools in Wigan
Bedford High School
Community school · 1,111 pupils
74% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.5
Cansfield High School
Community school · 974 pupils
76% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.4
Dean Trust Rose Bridge
Academy sponsor led · 692 pupils
73% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.7
Dean Trust Wigan
Academy sponsor led · 715 pupils
74% stayed in education · Attainment 8 33.1
Fred Longworth High School
Academy converter · 1,283 pupils
82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.9
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.